Wealth

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Jean-Francois Noubel:

"What is wealth?

In the conventional sense, when we say someone is "wealthy", it implies this person has lot's of money in his/her bank account. But wealth, in its essence, expresses something much deeper about reality: the well-being. It begins with essential basic material needs that every human being has a right to access: food, clean water, health, clothing, shelter, education... Humans also need wealth at the immaterial level: love, care, free time, art, beauty, acknowledgment, self-development...

Another way to put it: wealth is whatever brings us closer to what is true, good and beautiful.


What are the different forms of wealth?

There are 3 forms of wealth: tradable, measurable, acknowledgeable. Each one is a subset of the other one. All of these together we call integral wealth.

   * Tradable wealth:  food, time, energy, services, material resources...
   * Measurable wealth: performance, sustainability, physiological health, quality...
   * Acknowledgeable wealth: fun, love, care, trust, beauty..."

(http://flowplace.webnode.com/faq-/)


More Information

  1. http://wiki.thetransitioner.org/English/Wealth

See also:

  1. Currencies
  2. Free Currencies